Jessye Norman as Cassandra in Les Troyens

The 15th Metropolitan Opera Performance of Hector Berllioz Les Troyens Conductor James Levine, Staged by Fabrizio Melano Several of the Trojan women are praying at the altar of Vesta/Cybele for their soldiers to receive divine aid. Cassandre reports that Énée and other Trojan warriors have rescued Priam’s palace treasure and relieved people at the citadel. She prophesies that Énée and the survivors will found a new Troy in Italy. But she says also that Chorèbe is dead, and resolves to die. The othe